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Steven Lutvak, Whose Darkly Comic Show Won a Tony, Dies at 64

He wrote several musicals without attracting much notice. Then he struck Broadway gold with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.”

By Richard Sandomir

Black People Boulogne, Joseph (1745-99) Classical Music Ellis, Monica (Musician) Gateways Music Festival Imani Winds Koonce, Lee League of American Orchestras Rashad, Phylicia

Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians

“You feel like you’re home,” a bassoonist said of the Gateways Music Festival, which for 30 years has provided Black musicians with performing opportunities.

By Steve Smith

Bley, Carla Deaths (Obituaries) ECM (Record Label) Escalator Over the Hill (Album) Haden, Charlie (1937-2014) Jazz Liberation Music Orchestra Music Watt (Record Label)

Carla Bley, Jazz Composer, Arranger and Provocateur, Dies at 87

Her music, which ranged from chamber miniatures to blaring fanfares, was suffused with a slyly subversive attitude.

By Nate Chinen

Classical Music Opera Unequal Opera-tunities: Gender Inequality and Non-Standard Work in US Opera Production Washington National Opera Women and Girls

Gender Imbalance in Opera: Where Are the Female Conductors?

A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading American companies.

By Marc Tracy